All 5 Uses of
utter
in
The Winter's Tale
- Why, that was when Three crabbed months had sour'd themselves to death, Ere I could make thee open thy white hand And clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter 'I am yours for ever.'†
Scene 1.2
- Sir, I will tell you; Since I am charg'd in honour, and by him That I think honourable: therefore mark my counsel, Which must be ev'n as swiftly follow'd as I mean to utter it, or both yourself and me Cry lost, and so goodnight!†
Scene 1.2
- Be not uncertain; For, by the honour of my parents, I Have utter'd truth: which if you seek to prove, I dare not stand by; nor shall you be safer Than one condemn'd by the king's own mouth, thereon His execution sworn.†
Scene 1.2
- O master, if you did but hear the pedlar at the door, you would never dance again after a tabor and pipe; no, the bagpipe could not move you: he sings several tunes faster than you'll tell money: he utters them as he had eaten ballads, and all men's ears grew to his tunes.†
Scene 4.4 *
- Come to the pedlar; Money's a meddler That doth utter all men's ware-a.†
Scene 4.4 *
Definitions:
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(utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)